Cajun Casey wrote:Duck and cover.ElectricShorthairs wrote:Just out of curiosity, why aren't there any German Shorthairs in this?
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Cajun Casey wrote:Duck and cover.ElectricShorthairs wrote:Just out of curiosity, why aren't there any German Shorthairs in this?
None are qualified. The GSPs - like the Brits - have their own "circuit" which they run through the American Field. They also have their National CH. To run at the National CH at Ames, you must qualify and not many (if any) GSPs run, let alone qualify.ElectricShorthairs wrote:Just out of curiosity, why aren't there any German Shorthairs in this?
Its his first year in the National, but he's handled plenty of dogs before. He was part of "The Company", he learned plenty from those boys! Congrats to Ike and the rest of the team.ACooper wrote:If I am not mistaken, Touch's Handler Ike is a first year handler?
it is.i must of looked right thru it.Cajun Casey wrote:I think that information is in this topic, but his sire is 2009 NC Lester's Snowatch.
I believe that 1999 Ch Whippoorwill Wild Card was the sire of 2008 Ch Whippoorwill Wild Agin, but he might have been the grandsire.birddog1968 wrote:I believe this is the first time a father and son have been the NC's.
his imediate ped is Lester's snowatch x Lester's Nat
It is grandsire, Wild Agins sire is Whippoorwill Wild JackNeil wrote:I believe that 1999 Ch Whippoorwill Wild Card was the sire of 2008 Ch Whippoorwill Wild Agin, but he might have been the grandsire.birddog1968 wrote:I believe this is the first time a father and son have been the NC's.
his imediate ped is Lester's snowatch x Lester's Nat
Neil
Neil,Neil wrote:I believe that 1999 Ch Whippoorwill Wild Card was the sire of 2008 Ch Whippoorwill Wild Agin, but he might have been the grandsire.birddog1968 wrote:I believe this is the first time a father and son have been the NC's.
his imediate ped is Lester's snowatch x Lester's Nat
On the GSP quailifying, Ed Huser, who won the NC with a pointer, once had a GSP half qualified, meaning he had one first in a qualifying trial, and I think it was a Championship. Memory is hazy on the details, I just remember it happening, it was a big deal at the time.
We have had some Brittanys win some pointer/setter championships, but mostly shooting dog, the most notable being Rick Smith winning the International SD Endurance Ch when it was 3 hours with Pacollet Cheyenne Sam.
I often forget where my truck is parked, funny what I do remember,
Neil
All Rusty dogs........in the beginning.Vonzeppelinkennels wrote:Seems like I remember Dunfur's Hoosier LB was half qualified one yr & handled by Dan Hoke but I'm not 100% sure.
I'd put that honor on her daughter Dunfur's Morticia and the original linebreeding to Rexx.slistoe wrote:It would probably be safe to say that Ramblin' Witch Hazel owned by Steve Short, a daughter of Dixielands Rusty is the foundation of what has become the Dunfur GSP's.
Nope; Simon was a gundog. His littermate brother Dunfur's Latest Edition (Hunter) won the Region 10 Amateur All Age championship back in the '01-'02 timeframe. First all age championship won by a GSP in a LONG time, but that stake was not a National Championship qualifier. Doug will have the details as he was there.Vonrommel wrote:
Neil,
I think the GSP that was halfway qualified was one of Dan Hoke's dogs, I believe it was "NGDC/FC/AFC Dunfur's Joe Obvious (Simon) who won an American Field All Age Championship in Sunnyside WA. Maybe ED Husser had one too though???
Nope, see above. LB won a lot, but never won an all-breed AF championship.Vonzeppelinkennels wrote:Seems like I remember Dunfur's Hoosier LB was half qualified one yr & handled by Dan Hoke but I'm not 100% sure.
slistoe wrote:It would probably be safe to say that Ramblin' Witch Hazel owned by Steve Short, a daughter of Dixielands Rusty is the foundation of what has become the Dunfur GSP's.
Wrong and wrong.Cajun Casey wrote:
I'd put that honor on her daughter Dunfur's Morticia and the original linebreeding to Rexx.
Actually 2004, maybe 2005. Definitely not a Nat Qualifier although there were several dogs in the stake that were Nat Qualified and had just returned from Grand Jct. to compete with their owners handling - Spectre Sam, Tekoa Mtn. Patriot, Clowers Thunderstrike I know were all in the field and they all ambled around Ames Plantation a time or two. I was braced with Herbie (you'll see his smiling mug in a few pictures from the gallery at Ames every year including this recent edition) handling the RU in the stake, Spectre Sam, and it was a pretty even go by all accounts with a find a piece and neck and neck application - he had the better find, my dog, after a monnnssttter swing thru the country and swinging back across the front, managed a find on a dumb dumb standing in the road!!Dunfur's Latest Edition (Hunter) won the Region 10 Amateur All Age championship back in the '01-'02 timeframe. First all age championship won by a GSP in a LONG time, but that stake was not a National Championship qualifier. Doug will have the details as he was there.
You're right Doug; it was 2004. Biggest win for a GSP in probably a quarter century, and for the most part the GSP field trial community ignored it. Go figure.DGFavor wrote:Actually 2004, maybe 2005.Dunfur's Latest Edition (Hunter) won the Region 10 Amateur All Age championship back in the '01-'02 timeframe. First all age championship won by a GSP in a LONG time, but that stake was not a National Championship qualifier. Doug will have the details as he was there.
Maybe the RAB stigma carries over?Big Dave wrote:To answer one question, I would rather have a Lester's Snowatch pup today than a Touch's Whiteout pup. Snowatch is a national champion and has now produced a national champion. Whiteout is still unproven as a stud but will obviously get a chance to change that. With his consistent outstanding performances in the national and other trials why do we not see more pups from Gamemaker? There are pups everywhere from his half brother Rock Acre Blackhawk, they were both sired by Rock Acre Buckwheat and from females that are shooting dog sired.
Yes, I do believe that is the nice lady's name, now if we can just come up with the dog, it had to have been a special one,Vonzeppelinkennels wrote:Neil would her name be Mary Finley?? The GSP that she Won A NC was NFC Leipchen Buddendorf.
Sounds like there is quite a connection between the two. Racehorses get that way with certain jockeys and, frequently, grooms.Vonrommel wrote:I just read where Ike and Touch's Whiteout also won the Carroll County (TN) All-Age trial.(for the second year in a row) Seems he's still on a roll!